Subj : one more
To   : mark lewis
From : Ardith Hinton
Date : Fri Mar 02 2018 18:00:57

Hi, Mark!  Recently you wrote in a message to Paul Quinn:

ak>  PS: can I say "out of pocket"?

PQ>  You can, if you're broke (have no money).
PQ>  It may be slang here, I'm not sure.

ml>  i dunno either... i've never heard it used like
ml>  that... "out of pocket" has always meant "out of
ml>  touch" for me...


         Interesting.  I'd never heard this phrase used the way you use it, but 
Dallas found similar explanations in THE URBAN DICTIONARY and in THE DICTIONARY 
OF AMERICAN REGIONAL ENGLISH.

         The definitions in our OED, OXFORD CANADIAN, GAGE CANADIAN, and RANDOM 
HOUSE WEBSTER'S are limited to those offered by Paul & Roy.

         AFAIK "out of pocket" (with added hyphens in three of the sources I've 
mentioned) may be regarded as a colloquialism in some circles but is not slang. 
Because it is metaphorical, however, it is also subject to interpretation.  ;-)




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